A LEAD FILLED BRONZE WEIGHT AND ASSOCIATED IRON STEELYARD

WEIGHT, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY, STEELYARD CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

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A LEAD FILLED BRONZE WEIGHT AND ASSOCIATED IRON STEELYARD
WEIGHT, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY, STEELYARD CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
The drop-shaped weight with loop above, cast with two bands of scrolling vine with grape terminals above a band of trefoils, associated bronze hook with square section stem, filled with lead, underside damaged, the steel yardarm of square section marked with divisions, a faceted baluster boss at one end before the flat panel with swivelling suspension hook, paired dragon-head terminals beyond
Yardarm 25in. (65.5cm.) long (2)

拍品专文

An early Islamic bronze steelyard is in the David Collection (Folsach, Kjeld v. et al.: Sultan, Shah, and Great Mughal, Copenhagen, 1996, no.184, p.212).

The damage to the weight enables the lead core to be seen. How this core was inserted into the seamless cast bronze skin with its considerably higher melting point is a challenging technical problem!